Social Media – A Healing Help Or Hinderance?

Ahhh social media. For most people, It’s like Marmite. You either love it or you hate it, but if I had to guess I would say that 99% of people would admit to loving their daily dose of Facebook goss, Instagram stories, and Twitter rants. And let’s be honest, most of us would be lost without it.

The routine of waking up each day and reaching for our phone so we can make sure we are up to date with “what’s going on in the world” real or not, even before we leave our bed has somehow become as routine as brushing our teeth is every morning! Or is that just me?

After all, social media is just fun and games, right? But to someone who has, or still is, suffering with a chronic illness, or any illness for that matter I’m sure has already found out that it can either be a comforting tool to connect with others in a similar situation or a tool to make you feel even more insufficient, small and a more of a failure than you already do.

One of the biggest lessons I have learned upon my journey of recovery from migraines is that in order for your body to have the optimal chance to heal and repair it needs to be in the best possible place both physically and emotionally and for me, as hard as it was, that meant learning to be ok with exactly where I was in that moment. Not judging myself for where I “should” be, how I “should” be feeling and what I “should” be doing, but just being patient with my body and trying to find some peace in the current moment.

However, the daily hours I would spend flicking through my social media feed only left me feeling completely inadequate compared to the rest of the world that seemed like that they were living the best days of their lives!

Unfortunately, this is where social media is going to do you no favors. As Theodore Roosevelt once said “Comparison is the thief of joy” and boy was he right.

Personally, throughout my journey of recovery, there have been several points at which I have taken a break from social media and honestly, try it! It does you the world of good.

When you suddenly don’t have to prove to everyone that you’re having a great time at a beach completely headache free or that you’re eating the healthiest salad in the coolest cafe, you suddenly feel a real sense of freedom and most of all relief from the expectation of the world and what you “should” be doing. This, in turn, allows you to be ok in that moment which is exactly what your nervous system is desperate for.

So what if where you are right now is in bed, reading a book, dealing with the aftermath of a migraine! And so what if you can only walk on a treadmill at the gym for 15 minutes when everyone around you seems to be doing some sort of military assault course! Where you are right now is perfect for you and as soon as you come to realize that, your health will be able to blossom.

Why not try a seven-day social media detox for yourself and see how you feel mentally, emotionally and physically afterwards? I would love to hear how you get on.

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Hi my name is Kristie and I would love to tell you more about my story.
After landing my dream job as an air hostess for the world renown Virgin Atlantic, I thought I had hit the jackpot. Little did I I know that a couple of years later my world would have been turned upside down after being diagnosed with chronic migraines. I lost the job I so deeply loved and my world came crashing down.
After trying every form of conventional medicine possible to cure my migraines, including botox, medication, nerve blocks and so much more, I was told by doctors that there was nothing more that they could do for me. I was told I would just have to live with the condition and learn to manage the pain.
There was no way that I was going to accept this so I decided that enough was enough and this is when I began my journey to holistically heal myself. I read countless books, learned to meditate and visualise a healthy future for myself, re-evaluated my beliefs around healing, taught myself about nutrition and how to use food as medicine, learned about the law of attraction and simply tried to find more balance in my life in order to let my body heal naturally. Through patience, a positive mindset and the courage to step outside of my comfort zone I am now pleased to say that I am now over 1 year migraine free.
Along this journey, I found that it ignited a passion inside of me to help others do the same and heal themselves. I want to inspire others that may be suffering and were in the same terrible situation that I was, that healing IS possible, and the key to this is firstly believing that it is possible. I want to share my story with others in hope that it inspires them to keep fighting and look within themselves for the answers.
As a result of my past experience and new passion, I qualified as a health coach at The Insititute of Integrative Nutrition and am working on a very exciting project to help other migraine sufferers break free.
Watch this space for news on this coming soon...
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Ah sounds like heaven. Yes I’ve started doing this on holiday now too. Just not turning on my wifi and you come back really feeling like you have had a restful break. I think we could all do with this from time to time. Kristie 🙂